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Wrigley Field, home of the major league baseball team Chicago Cubs, is shown in 2019. A case in which an Associated Press photographer was injured at Wrigley while working will not be dismissed. – File Photo/Kyodo via AP Images

Injury suit against Cubs advances

A state appellate panel upheld a denial of the Chicago Cubs’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit by an Associated Press photographer injured at Wrigley Field in a non-precedential Rule 23 opinion.
By Emma Oxnevad
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID, has no symptoms

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19.
By The Associated Press
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Judge: No order barring police union from discussing city vaccine mandate

An order barring the president of the police union from making public statements encouraging members to disobey Chicago’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate expired after a judge on Monday denied a request to extend it.
By Sophia Tareen

Trial Notebook

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Judge erred on duty of ‘mandated reporter’

As a mandated reporter under Sec. 4 of the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, Matthew Willigman, the principal of an elementary school in Aurora, had a statutory duty to immediately notify the Department of Children and Family Services if he had “reasonable cause to believe” that one of his students was abused or neglected.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 members and supporters protest the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate outside City Hall before a Chicago City Council meeting Monday. Most city employees have to be vaccinated by year-end or risk losing their jobs.
Oct
26
Tue

Judge: No order barring police union from discussing city vaccine mandate
Illinois state Rep. Anna Moeller, D-Elgin, speaks to reporters in Springfield in this file photo. Moeller is sponsoring legislation to repeal a law requiring that parents or guardians of minors seeking abortions be notified at least 48 hours in advance. Proponents say there’s renewed urgency around the issue in light of Texas’ near-ban on abortion, while foes say the existing law is a commonsense approach.
Oct
18
Mon

Effort to repeal Illinois abortion notification gets renewed attention
Sidley Austin’s office was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, but a clerk rushed in to save its ledger and several other items. The artifacts are now on display at the firm’s headquarters.
Oct
12
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Sidley ledger on Chicago Fire records lesson of resilience
Wrigley Field, home of the major league baseball team Chicago Cubs, is shown in 2019. A case in which an Associated Press photographer was injured at Wrigley while working will not be dismissed.
Oct
11
Mon

Injury suit against Cubs advances
This view shows the Chicago Court House and downtown in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871. “I sincerely hope that my patrons will stand by me under these trying circumstances,” wrote Chicago Daily Law Record publisher R.R. Stevens.
Oct
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Great Chicago Fire stopped Chicago Daily Law Record presses 150 years ago, but not for long